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PRAYER OF THE LONELY STUDENT.
Soul of our souls! and safeguard of the world!
Sustain—Thou only canst—the sick at heart,
Restore their languid spirits, and recall
Their lost affections unto thee and thine.
Wordsworth.
Night—holy night!—the time
For mind's free breathings in a purer clime!
Night!—when in happier hour the unveiling sky
Woke all my kindled soul,
To meet its revelations, clear and high,
With the strong joy of immortality!
